Tumbling-barrel.



J. HENDERSON.

TUMBLING BARREL 4 APPLICATION FILED APR. 12, 1912.

1,143,268. Patented June 15, 1915.

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J. HENDERSON.

TUMBLING BARREL.

APPLICATION FILED APR.12, 1912. 1,143,268, Patented June 15, 1915.

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' Patented June 15, an.

Application filed April 18, 1912 Serial No. 690,379.

To all whom it may concern: 7 7

Be it known that I, JOHN HENDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tumbling- Barrels, of which the following 18 a. specification.

This invention relates generally to tum- The object of the invention is to do away with the counter balance of the,shaft and at the same time materially increase the efiiciency of the machine as a whole and this I accomplish by arranging a tumbling barrel upon each end of a shaft which shaft is journaled in a frame, which is suitably mounted and provided with mechanism for not only rotating the shaft but also for oscillating the same during rotation, thereby subjecting the tumbling barrels to 'not only a rotary motion but also to an oscillating motion, whereby the efiiciency of the barrel is materially increased.

The invention consists also in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement, all of which will be fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved construction of tumbling barrel. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation, on line 22 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a sectional view partly in elevation ta en upon a plane at right angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an'end view of a radial arm or casting. Fig. 5 is a face view of the same. Fig. 6 is a face view of the connection between the frame and link,

and, Fig. 7 is a'slightly modified form of mechanism whereby theframe can be oscillated by hand when desired. '1

In the practical embodiment of my inven-- tion, I employ two tumbling barrels A'A,

which maybe of any desiredsize, shape or e material and opened or closed from either the side or end as preferred. These barrels are rigidly attached to the opposite ends of' a shaft B, which is 'ournaled or mounted to rotate in a frame Ball hearings C being preferably employed inorder to reduce frlction. frame G is mounted upon a floor stand I), which may be of any sultable or desired construction The shaft B has a bevel gear fE fixed thereon, which meshes.

with a bevel gear F mounted upon the inner end of the drive shaft G, which has the drive (pulley G at itsouter'end, the drive shaft. passing through the tubular journal H attached to the side of the frame and forming the trunnion upon which the frame rocks, this trunnion being mounted in suitable bearings carried by the floor stand D and it will-be understood that asimilar tubular hearing or trunnion H is arranged upon the opposite side of the heme and is mounted in suitable bearings. The drive shaft G rotating the bevel gear F transmits rotary motion to the bevel gear E, which in turn rotates the shaft B carrying the tumbling barrels.

Now in order to give the barrels both an oscillating and a rotating movement, I employ a train of gears and transform the rotary motion of the drive shaft into a reciprocating or rocking motion and transmit this transformed motion to the frame so that the barrels and operating mechanism are rocked up and down simultaneously with their rotation and the means for transforming and transmitting these motions are so constructed that each barrel will oscillate once to each six or seven revolutions thereof. These motions I accomplish by arranging :1 ur gear I upon'the end of the drive shaft 7 which spur gear meshes with the double spur gear K mounted upon a shaft K, the smaller portion of said double spur gear K meshing with a gear L mounted upon theend of a shaft L, said shafts K and L being mounted in bearings K and L respectively of the radial arm or casting M, the upper port on ofsaid arm having a bearing M, in which fits a short shaft N passing through the trunnion and serving as a support for this radial arm or casting M, the relative position of this radial arm or casting M being regulated by an eye bolt 0, the threaded end 7 thereof engaging a coupling arranged upon a connecting rod of-the floor stand while the eye portion of said bolt is connected to the bottom of the radial arm or casting by means of a lag screw 0 By removing this lag screw and giving the eye bolt a turn in either direction, and re-connecting the parts, it is obvious that the radial arm or casting M can be maintained in a perpendicular or inclined position as desired and the position of this arm or casting-will be determined in a measure by the size and-sha e of the tumbling barrels.

The shaft which carries the gear L at its inner end is provided with a crank disk P at its outer end and a link Q connects this crank disk with the frame so that as the crank disk revolves the frame will be caused to rock or moved up or down thereby oscillating the rotating tumbling barrels. The

link Q is preferably connected to the frame G by means of a casting Q, which is integral with trunnion H, and is bolted to the side of the frame. This castingis shown in detail in Fig. 6.

In Fig. 7, I have shown a very sli ht modification in which a hand wheel is employed to transmit motion to the link Q for the purpose of rocking the frame, this construction being employed when it is desired to simply rotate the barrels and not oscillate them and a key S is employed to hold the frame stationary and for the purpose of filling or emptying the barrels the frame is tilted by the hand wheel B so as to bring the barrel into proper position for either filling as a whole.

What I claim is 1. In a machine of the kind described a support, a frame pivotally mounted thereon, a shaft passing through said frame, a tumblin barrel mounted upon each end of the sha t projecting beyond the frame, gearing arranged within said frame for rotating said shaft, together with means connecting said frame and gearing, whereby said frame is oscillated simultaneously with the rotation of the shaft; the barrels at the ends of shaft counter-balancing each other.

' 2. In a machine of the kind described, a

support, a frame pivotally mounted therein,

a rotatable shaft passing through said frame, a tumbhng barrel mounted upon each proeetmg end of saidshaft, gearing arranged within said frame for rotating said shaft, together with means connecting said frame and gearing whereby said frame is oscil lated, and means for adjusting said connection between the frame and gearing whereby shaft and means operated from said gears for rocking said frame; the tumbling barrels counter-balancing each other.

5. In a device of the kind described, a shaft, a tumbling barrel mounted upon each end of said shaft, a pivotally supported frame in which the shaft is journaled, said frame being located between the barrels, gears arranged within the frame for rotating said shaft, a link for rocking said frame,

and operative means connecting said link and gears.

6. In a device of the kind described, a shaft, a tumbling barrel arranged upon each end of said shaft, a pivotally supported frame intermediate the barrels and in which the shaft is journaled, gears for rotating said shaft, a link for rocking said frame, a train of gears for operating said link, and an adjustable arm for carryingsaid train of gears, as set forth.

7. A device of the kind described comprising two tumbling barrels arranged at opposite ends of a shaft, and means arranged upon said shaft intermediate the barrels for simultaneously imparting rotary and oscillatory movements to said barrels, said barrels counter-balancing each other, as set forth.

8. A device of the kind described,the combination with a suitable support, of a rotary shaft mounted therein, a second shaft at right angles to the first shaft and having a tumbling barrel at each end thereof, said tumbling barrels counter-balancing each other, a frame pivotally mounted upon the frame is oscillated simultaneously with the rotation of the tumbling barrel shaft.

JOHN HENDERSON.

Witnesses LOUISE CHARTER,

CHARLES E. HART, Jr. 

